feath·er-veined

[feth-er-veynd]
adjective Botany.
(of a leaf) having a series of veins branching from each side of the midrib toward the margin; pinnately veined.

Origin:
1860–65

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feather-veined
 
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(of a leaf) having a network of veins branching from the midrib to the margin

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